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I will not stop even if burnt alive: Narendra Modi

Panaji - "They will not leave me alive. They will destroy me. Let them do what they want. Fifty days help me. The country should just help me for 50 days," Modi said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made an impassioned plea to the nation to give him just 50 days to weed out ill-gotten wealth in the country.

Speaking at a Goa government function near Panaji, he said his drive against corruption and black money, especially the de-monetisation, had put him in the cross hairs of those involved the illegal trade.

Modi also said that the de-monetisation drive was not the end of his campaign against corruption and black money and said that he was working on other projects to stop the malaise.
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Here are 10 quotes from his speech:

1. "Yes, I also feel the pain. These steps taken were not a display of arrogance."

2. "I have seen poverty and understand people's problems. I was not born to sit on a chair of high office."

3. "I know what kind of powers I have taken on. I know the kind of people who will be against me now. I am looting what they had accumulated over 70 years."

4. "They will not leave me alive. They will destroy me. Let them do what they want. Fifty days help me. The country should just help me for 50 days."
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5. "This is not the end. This is not a full stop. I am openly saying, this is not a full stop."

6. "There are other projects in my mind to stop dishonesty and corruption in the country. These projects are coming."

7. "I am doing this for the poor, honest people for those who are working hard to survive. So that they can get their own home, their children get good education and so that their parents get care."

8. "Did you not ask me to work against black money? If you had asked me to do it, should I have done it or not? You tell me, if you had asked me, then you would have imagined that there would be some inconvenience."

9. "I will not stop, even if I am burnt alive."

10. "The country is listening to me. I have never kept the country in the dark. I have said this frankly and in honesty."